Monday, January 15, 2018

Secure Messengers

privacy messenger software and apps news
Default: WhatsApp, iMessage/Google Messages, LINE, ViberSignal 

Line: image/video from X/twitter Instagram Facebook Tiktok LinkedIn? (copy gif)
Facebook Messenger: X/twitter Instagram Facebook Tiktok LinkedIn (copy gif)
iMessage: X/twitter Instagram Facebook Tiktok? LinkedIn? (copy gif)
Rakuten Viber uses a similar protocol 

Apple iMessage SMS Text
Wickr
Telegram (messaging service)secret chats only
Elliptic-curve Diffie–Hellman ECDH: LINE letter sealing default End-to-end encryption

No End-to-end encryption: Discord, SnapChat, Instagram, TikTok, WeChat

Video Conference/Audio/Voice/Windows/Mac/iPhone/Android: Google Hangouts -> Chat, Meet (Duo), Skype, Facebook Messenger
mobile-only: WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat

Hangouts, LINE, QQ, SnapChat, WeChat

Group chat problem